Table 1. Twelve-month pasture and forage costs for the 12-month repeated seasonal management strategy. | ||||||||
![]() | Dry Gestation | Third Trimester | Early Lactation | Lactation | Lactation | Lactation | ||
Season | ![]() | Late Fall | Winter | Early Spring | Spring |
Summer | Early
Late Fall | |
Days | ![]() |
32 |
90 |
45 |
31 |
137 |
15 |
15 |
Herbage Wt | lb/ac |
725 |
580 |
480 |
780 |
1450 |
870 |
725 |
Forage Wt | lb/ac |
180 |
145 |
125 |
195 |
363 |
218 |
180 |
Forage DM/AU | lb/d |
24 |
24 |
27 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
Production Cost | $/ac | 8.76 | 8.76 | 8.76
| 8.76 | 8.76 | 8.76 | 8.76 |
Forage DM Cost | $/ton | 97.33 | 120.83 | 140.16
| 89.85 | 48.26 | 80.37 | 97.33 |
Land Area/Mo | ac | 4.00 | 4.97 | 6.48 | 4.62 | 2.52 | 4.20 | 5.00 |
Land Area/PP | ac | 4.27 | 14.90 | 9.72 | 4.77 | 11.32 | 2.10 | 2.50 |
Land Cost/Mo | $/mo | 35.04 | 43.54 | 56.76 | 40.47 | 22.08 | 36.79 | 43.80 |
Land Cost/PP | $/pp | 37.41 | 130.52 | 85.15
| 41.79 | 99.16 | 18.40 | 21.90 |
Forage Cost/D | $/d | 1.17 | 1.45 | 1.89 | 1.35 | 0.72 | 1.21 | 1.46 |
Forage Cost/Mo | $/mo | 35.10 | 43.50 | 56.70 | 40.50 | 21.60 | 36.30 | 43.80 |
Forage Cost/PP | $/pp | 37.44 | 130.50 | 85.05 | 41.85 | 98.64 | 18.40 | 21.90 |
Crude Protein | % | 4.8 | 4.8 | 9.2 | 16.3 | 9.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
Crude Protein | lb/ac | 8.64 | 6.96 | 11.50 | 31.79 | 34.85 | 10.46 | 8.64 |
Cost CP | $/lb | 1.01 | 1.26 | 0.76 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.34 | 1.01 |
Cow CP/D | lb/d | 1.49 | 1.87 | 2.73
| 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.51 |
Supplementation | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Roughage/D | lb/d | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
CP/D | lb/d | 0.34 | 0.72 | 0.25 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.21 | 1.21 |
Sup. Cost/PP | $/pp | 3.26 | 19.44 | 3.38 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.45 | 5.45 |
Total Feed Cost | $/pp | 40.70 | 149.94 | 88.43 | 41.85 | 98.64 | 23.85 | 27.35 |
Cost/D | $/d | 1.27 | 1.67 | 1.97 | 1.35 | 0.72 | 1.59 | 1.82 |